Showing posts with label bea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bea. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

unplanned day off

by 9:45 this morning i found myself unexpectedly at home.  it's a rare pleasure to have a weekday off to spend lying on the couch.  i love to watch the light move through the different rooms of my house.  during the middle of the day, the dining room is filled with sunlight.

oh god, that light fixture.  ugh.
the book in the foreground is "vintage style" by piet swimberghe, with photographs by jan verlinde.  i ordered it on a whim after christmas.  buying design books sight unseen is almost always a terrible idea, but this one is amazing.  gorgeous, lush, modern homes filled with gorgeous modern furniture.  the photography is exceptional, but that's likely not a priority to you if you're reading this blog.


the dogs are like little old ladies who are always cold.  they follow the sun around the house. 


sophia rolled in the kitty litter again and she's filthy and sleeping on the back of the sofa.  i'm going to drink a throwback pepsi, watch a little martha, and take a hot shower.  it's a happy day around here.

by the way, i know that the carpet looks truly awful in these pictures. it looks even worse in real life.  i swear that it was ruined before we even moved here.  lumber liquidator fliers are gazed upon more lustfully than porn in this house.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

an introduction

my name is misa.  i'm 28 years old.  i live with my husband, three cats, and two dogs in longmont, which is twelve miles northeast of boulder.

welcome to our house.

luckily, the cat has an mfa from the pratt institute

we bought our house in april, 2009.  it was built in 1976, largely in a factory a few blocks away.  the factory is now a ymca that is teeming with old men in tennis shoes and dress socks.

it's not an amazing house.

i have no time, no money, and no diy skills.  i have only ever kept one houseplant alive.  but i have a lot of enthusiasm, an ace rewards card, and about ten years' worth of design magazine tear sheets.

she could be a great editor, but she's always drunk

i can't guarantee that my house will ever approximate this, or that i have the aptitude to do something amazing like this, but i promise to share embarrassing pictures of my tiny, ramshackle kitchen that will make you feel great about your own homes.